Cofidis skips Paris-Roubaix

Won't they still have to pay salaries? No positive tests for
any of the active riders.

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France's top cycling team, Cofidis, has been forced to
pull out of

Sunday's

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Paris-Roubaix classic by its title sponsor.

The team is battling a series of doping allegations, and
press reports in Friday's newspapers only served to put
the team deeper in the mire.

A statement from the team's sponsor, credit company
Cofidis, said:

"Cofidis has decided to take some time out to reflect on
the current situation." -Copyright 2004/AFP

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France's top cycling team, Cofidis, has been forced to
pull out of

Sunday's

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Paris-Roubaix classic by its title sponsor.

The team is battling a series of doping allegations, and
press reports in Friday's newspapers only served to put
the team deeper in the mire.

A statement from the team's sponsor, credit company
Cofidis, said:

"Cofidis has decided to take some time out to reflect on
the current situation." -Copyright 2004/AFP

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So they're not going to compete again AT ALL until they get
this straightened out?

-Sonarrat.

So it appears. There should still be an obligation to pay
the riders so long as they have not tested positive. It
looks like BOHIC time for David.

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So they're not going to compete again AT ALL until they
get this

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out?

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So they're not going to compete again AT ALL until they
get this straightened out?

-Sonarrat.

Yup, None of their riders are going to compete anywhere
wgile this is going on. David Millar was pulled from the
track World Cup event in Manchester. Once again one of the
few times cycling gets on terrestrial TV in the UK they have
to lead of with a discussion about drugs.

Stan Cox

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Yup, None of their riders are going to compete anywhere
wgile this is going on. David Millar was pulled from the
track World Cup event in Manchester. Once again one of the
few times cycling gets on terrestrial TV in the UK they
have to lead of with a discussion about drugs.

Was Millar pulled from the track World Cup by the BCF?

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So they're not going to compete again AT ALL until they
get this

straightened

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out?

-Sonarrat.

Yup, None of their riders are going to compete anywhere
wgile this is going on. David Millar was pulled from the
track World Cup event in Manchester. Once again one of the
few times cycling gets on terrestrial TV in the UK they
have to lead of with a discussion about drugs.

Stan Cox

Same here, only the newspaper. They only mention cycling
during the tour de france, the rest of the year it's
baseball, football,hockey. Then they ran a story on
pantani's death, and today, after not mentioning any of the
spring races, ran a small wire story on cofidis. Well, who
cares. We all know cyclists aren't REAL athletes.

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Yup, None of their riders are going to compete anywhere
wgile this is going on. David Millar was pulled from the
track World Cup event in Manchester. Once again one of
the few times cycling gets on terrestrial TV in the UK
they have to lead of with a discussion about drugs.

Was Millar pulled from the track World Cup by the BCF?

I believe he could have ridden (as he was riding for GB, not
Cofidis) but chose to withdraw in the circumstances.

Regards! Stephen

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Was Millar pulled from the track World Cup by the BCF?

Is i understood from Dutch Eurosport comment the whole
Cofidis team was ordered to the Cofidis headquarters by the
team to get everybodies stories about the whole thing.

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Yup, None of their riders are going to compete anywhere
wgile this is going on. David Millar was pulled from the
track World Cup event in Manchester. Once again one of
the few times cycling gets on terrestrial TV in the UK
they have to lead of with a discussion about drugs.

Was Millar pulled from the track World Cup by the BCF?

Carl Sundquist said:

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Yup, None of their riders are going to compete anywhere
wgile this is going on. David Millar was pulled from the
track World Cup event in Manchester. Once again one of the
few times cycling gets on terrestrial TV in the UK they
have to lead of with a discussion about drugs.

Was Millar pulled from the track World Cup by the BCF?

The Tv Coverage said that he was pulled by Cofidis. I think
the BCF wouldnt have been too happy as the crowds at the
World Cup have been dissapointing and Millar would have
bought quite a few people in.

Stan Cox

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Was Millar pulled from the track World Cup by the BCF?

The Tv Coverage said that he was pulled by Cofidis. I
think the BCF wouldnt have been too happy as the crowds at
the World Cup have been dissapointing and Millar would
have bought quite a few people in.

I bet there are some civil lawsuits before this pantomine
reaches the second act.

Now I must admit to not knowing the exact legal structure or
administrative heirarchy used by Cofidis to
run/operate/control the team but ordering riders not to ride
would seem to me to be potentially actionable on numerous
grounds by the riders and possibly by other third parties
who may have suffered damages, for example the organizers of
the Manchester World Cup event and even ticket holders who
had prepurchased tickets in anticipation of seeing the Hong
Kong Haggis Snapper pull the Brits to victory in the
pursuit, which they did anyway without much mental anguish
on the part of the rest of the squad because the HKHS wasn't
even on the squad a week ago.

There maybe some mitigation if Cofidis (or whomever the
riders are directly bound to by contract) still pays the
salaries of riders ordered not to ride but not neither
convicted of any offense by a court of competent
jurisdiction nor suspended by any ruling body for
contravention of any rules.

Where the frig is Stikeman Elliot's limelight seeking,
rabble rousing, loud mouthed, poor loser, money grabbing,
IOC Presidential reject, WADA-Sonderkommando Fuhrer and
SuperWanker [censored] (sorry [censored]) Pound when we need him. I bet
he could make the lads a fortune and gain himself some
publicity too if he handles a class action suit on this one.

Davey sure ain't no Lawyer, but he is in fact an accountant
who has worked over the years on several suits for damages
and if he had a client affected by Cofidis' actions, he'd
sure as heck be checking the phone book for Stikeman
Elliot's telephone number!!

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Davey sure ain't no Lawyer

Being one, I can say it shows. Being European, it shows ever
brighter. A quick scan of the UCI rules on rider contracts
will answer all your questions.
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Sandy Paris FR

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Davey sure ain't no Lawyer

Being one, I can say it shows. Being European, it shows
ever brighter. A quick scan of the UCI rules on rider
contracts will answer all your questions.

Well that's what it's all about isn't it?

One Liar (sorry, lawyer) says 'This` and another says 'That`
and sure enuf, you got yourself a lawsuit

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Same here, only the newspaper. They only mention cycling
during the tour de france, the rest of the year it's
baseball, football,hockey. Then they ran a story on
pantani's death, and today, after not mentioning any of
the spring races, ran a small wire story on cofidis. Well,
who cares. We all know cyclists aren't REAL athletes.

Here's a good example of a sports reporter's ignorance. A
few weeks ago I happened to flip on the Sports Reporters
show on ESPN; they were babbling about doping in baseball
when genius Bob Ryan of the Boston newspaper started yakking
about "Mario Pantani" who was a "big time steriod abuser"
which resulted in his death.

However, another time I saw Ryan on another show and he
almost made up for those idiotic remarks. Topic was
something about the toughest guy in sports, and when it was
Ryan's turn he said Tyler Hamilton. Hometown bias, I guess.

NS